Anthony iske and albert iske



(No Model.) ANTHONY ISKE 82; ALBERT SKEM GASHGAR. No. 428,102. Patented May 20, 1890.

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i UNITED HSTATES PATENT OEEICE.

ANTHONY ISKE AND ALBERT ISKE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO ISRAEL L. LANDIS, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,102, dated May 20, 1890.

Application filed January 18, 1890.

Serial Nu. 337,284. (No model.)

able others skilled in the art to which it ap spective view of the car, showing the hinged sections in their bent position when rounding a curve. Fig. 3 represents an end elevation of one of the hinged frame-sections, and Fig. 4 represents a vertical section of the other frame-section.

AA and A designate, respectively, the two metal frame-sections of our cash-car. These are hinged together at the top and bottom by pintles B, passing vertically through overlapping lugs Z) of said frame-sections, thus making together a sectional frame which will bend on its center when necessary, as in turning a curve. Each section consists of an outer plate c, having an offset d', and of two detachable inner plates a2, one at tlie top of the frame, the otherY at the bottom, having horizontal flanges as, which correspond to the horizontal parts of the offset a. The vertical wall of said offset is wanting between these ilan ges to allow this supportin g attachment to be slipped upon the rail C. Otherwise, with one exception, the inner plate would be identical in construction with the outer plate, instead of there being two partial inner plates, as shown. The terms outer and inner are used with respect to the track, which has the form of a belt.

The exception above alluded to is the recessing of the outer plate at (Z and d to re ceive two vertical rollers D D', the former facing downward against the upper edge of the rail G, the latter facing upward against its lower edge. Their construction and arrangement are the same .in each frame-section, and therefore the same reference-letters are employed. They are journaled on studs d2, attached to back plates a, and turn in the direction of motion of t-he cash-car. rlhe roller I) of each framesection is in effect a track-wheel, the roller D being a guardwheel under the track.

The frame-section A is provided also with two rollers E E', arranged one above the other, much like the ilangcs of au ordinary threadspool, on short rod e, extending vertically through offset c from top to bottom. On the opposite side of this frame-section similar rollers F F are mounted on studs f, extending, respectively, upward and downward from flanges c3. ers F and F is for the purpose of allowing them to pass the rail when the cash-car is to be placed thereon. The axes of these rollers E E F F are all`in the same transverse vertical plane, so that there is practically on each A mounted on studs t" and i2, and arranged on each side of a point directly below the axial line of the upper roller I. A-ll of the rollers within the offsets a bear against the rear face of the rail C. All of the other horizontal rollers bear against the front .of said rail. This last is a ilat plate, as shown, and set at an incline to allow the gravity of the cashcar and the box .I (indicated by dotted lines) to propel themselves along said rail. For the The interval between these roll- IOO return of the cash-car the inclination ol the rail must be reversed. 'lhis may be done by devices which form the snbject-inatter of another application for patent.

The arrangement of rollers above described gives at one end of my hinged frame a pressure at one point only on each side, whereas there is a pressure at two points on each side of the rail at the other end ot said frame. This is not strictly necessary, but we prefer it, inasmuch as the difference in the binding of the two ends of the frame compensates for the different frictional resistance of the rail in the different parts of its curve and facilitates the passage of the cash-ear around the same. The rollers ot' course lessen the frietion as compared with any non-rotary surfaces; but the greater the number of points of contact the greater the friction and binding in the part ol' the frame where these oceur when a curve is being rounded by the cash-car. Of course these devices may be used for any traveling box, receptacle, or vehicle,whether in store-service or otherwise. Instead of three rollers at the inner side el frame-section A', four might be employed. Three will suflicc, and will allow the supporting-frame to be slipped easily on the rail.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A cash-ear provided with track-wheels, guard-wheels running under the rail, and with anti-friction rollers bearing against the sides of the rail, the frame of said ear consisting of two sections hinged together, for the purpose set forth.

2. A supportingframe for a traveling receptacle, consisting of two sections hinged together and provided with sets of rollers bearing against top, bottom, and both sides of the rail, substantially as set forth.

A flexible supporting-frame for a cashcar or equivalent vehicle, having sets ot .rollers at each end arranged to bear against a rail, the rollers of oneend olsaidframe bearing against the sides of the rail at one point only and those at the other end of the rail bearing against it at two points, substantially as set forth.

4. The frame-section A, having on each side two horizontal rollers arranged one above the other, in combination with the frame-section A, hinged thereto, having on one side two pairs of rollers thus arranged and on the other side at least three rollers, two ot these being in the same horizontal plane,substantiall y as set forth.

5. A frame consisting of sections A A', each formed of an outer plate c, having an odset u. and recesses (l d', and detachable inner plates provided with llanges which leave an opening between them, the said'frame-seetions being hinged together and provided with sets of anti-friction rollers, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ANTHONY ISKE. ALBERT ISKE.

Witnesses:

P. DONNELLY, CHRIsTIAN HERR. 

